Not sure which wedges Sam was on about, but aggressive grooves can be found on many tour wedges. Tends to refer to U/Box/Square grooves that are machined with steeper and sharper edges (draft angle, edge radius, etc) for more bite and backspin. Where as normal grooves tend to get rounded and softened a bit during the chroming, sandblasting and polishing process. As mentioned, they do have a tendancy to shred the covers on premium golf balls (HX Tour, ProV1, etc), especially on full shots. Some are worse than others for shredding, although a session with range balls or bunker practice can break them in.
You can find aggressive grooves on retail wedges now also. Although maybe not to the degree of tour grooves, due to mass production and manufacturing tolerances. Like Taylormade's Y-cutter grooves, Callaway's Mack Daddy (MD) grooves, Cleveland's Zip grooves, Titleist's Spin Milled, Sonartec's Yo-Yo Grooves etc.
Also smaller manufacturers can offer aggressive grooves on their wedges too, like Eidolon, Solus Golf, Scratch Golf, Tom Wishon, Fourteen Golf, Gauge Design, SMT Golf, Feel Golf, etc.